Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Trick
Trick verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The trick is to attack only the Monster Cell that is controlling them, and avoid group attacks.
Source: Video Game / Romancing Walker - This trick best works on juveniles, as adult fish who have been attacked before will actively avoid the false cleanerfish or even attack it on sight, indicating the adults have memory.
Source: It Can Think -
At the end of the series Agent 355, though claiming this is one trick Yorick hasn't taught her, pulls the same trick to avoid having to say goodbye to him.
Source: Stealth Hi/Bye
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